"The Kite Runner"

I'm in the mood for sumptuous dramas at the moment, and I'm really glad I watched "The Kite Runner" - well, I know I should read the book, but I'm just too lazy, and I enjoy movies so much. Anyway, I was really moved by this film. And I know it's one of those 'worthy' mainstream Hollywood dramas that manipulate your emotions a little too much. Yes, I could have lived without the not very believeable single action scene towards the end. But on the whole it was very good, particularly the early parts about childhood in Kabul in the 1970s, before the Soviet Invasion. It's really weird that the city that would become the headquarters of the Taliban once was a place where kids would go to the local cinema and watch dubbed versions of "The Magnificent Seven" and "Bullit". I must be getting old when ANYTHING that has to do with childhood in the 70s can make me strangely nostalgic, even if it's in some far away place like Afghanistan.